Fruit-gatherer.



M. JENSEN.

FRUIT GATHERER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8, 1912.

Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

awuwwoz [Yarifia JeJZJeJe/ MARTIN JENSEN, OF FOWLER, CALIFORNIA.

FRUIT-GATHERER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 8,1913.

Application filed July 8, 1912. Serial No. 708,182.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN JENSEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fowler, in the county of Fresno, State of California, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit-Gatherers; and Ido declare the following to be a clear, full, and exact description ofthe same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in fruit gatherers for orchardsor the like, the object of the invention being to produce a gathererwhich will be placed under the tree and the fruit secured therein andthen emptied from the same, such gatherer com prising a basket likestructure made in two halves and adapted to encircle the tree, suchhalves to be joined together when in position.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposesfor which it is designed.

These objects, I accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of the parts as will fully appear by a perusal of thefollowing specification and claim.

On the drawings, similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several Views.

Figure l is a perspective view of the complete device. Fig. 2 is abottom plan view of one of the halves of the basket. Figs. 3 and 4: aresectional views of one of the halves of the basket. Fig. 5 is afragmentary view partly in section showing the method of fastening thecanvas on the basket.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawings, each half of the basket comprises a semi-circular upper ringor bar 1 having a cross bar 2 disposed across its free ends in adiametrical manner, such member 2 having a central bent portion 3forming a recess. Each,

outer end of the member 1 is provided with a supporting foot membercomprising an angle iron 4 and disposed across from the member 2 on eachside of the portion 3 and to the outer circumference of the member 1 aretwo supporting bars 5 having upwardly projecting portions 6 connectingwith the members 1 and 2 there being suitable brace members 7 disposedacross each of the corners of the members 5 and 6.

The members 4 and 6 are bolted to the member 1 by means of bolts 8 andin practice canvas 9 is stretched across the members 1 and 2 and aroundthe same and such canvas is held in position by the bolts 8 as shown inFig. 5.

In practice the halves are disposed around the tree 10 by reason of therecesses formed by the members 8 which brings the members 2 together ina line and they are then joined together by means of hooks 11 disposedalternately on the adjacent members 2 and adapted to hook into theiradjacent members. The fruit is then shaken from the tree 10 and fallsupon the canvas 9 from where it can be gathered and hence it can bereadily seen that by unhoo-king one of the halves from the other, thenthe fruit can be readily emptied and the parts carried to another treeand placed in position.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfils the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device, still in practice such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A device of the character described comprising a basket consisting oftwo halves, each half comprising an outer semi-circular ring, a crossbar disposed diametrically across the free ends of said ring, such crossbar being provided with a central bent portion forming a recess, anangle shaped foot member bolted to the outer ends of said semi-circularring, a cross bar disposed from said first named cross bar to saidsemi-circular ring on each side of said bent portion,

said last named cross bars having vertical In testimony whereof I afiixmy signature members bolted CO SZIId rlng and sald first in presence oftwo wltnesses.

named cross bar, a canvas stretched across MARTIN JENSEN. said ring andsaid first named cross bar and Vitnesses:

5 Wrapped around the same, said bolts pass- G. W. OARTWRIGHT,

ing through said canvas, as described. D. A. GOSLEIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

